Power-table for kitchen utensils.



J. H.- GOEHST & R. G. CARPENTER.

POWER TABLE FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

APPLICATION FILED APB..22. 1910.

Patented Jan. 9,1912.

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POWER TABLE FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

'APPLIOATION FILED APR.22. 1910.

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Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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' UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. GOEI-IST AND RALPH G. CARPENTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOBS TO 'II-IE FEDERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application fi1ed.April 22, 1910. ,Serial No. 557,081.

POWER-TABLE FOR KITCHEN UTENSILS.

Patented J an. 9, 1912.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that we, JOHN H. GOEHST and RALPH G. CARPENTER, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of' Illinois, have thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This inventionrelates to a power table for kitchen utensils, such as dough-mixers,

cherry-seeders, food-grinders and'the like, which are now usually operated by handrotated cranks.

The invention consists of the matters hereinafter described and. more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

As shown in the drawings :Figure 1 is a topplan view of thepower table. Fig. 2 is afront elevation of the same ona slightly smaller scale. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through Fig. 1 on the line 33 thereof. Fig. 4c is a partial section through Fig. 3 on the line 44 thereof, illustrating one of the op-- positely disposed members of the locking mechanism, by means of which the utensils are secured to the table. Fig. 5 is a vertical elevation of the other locking member. Fig. 6 is a partial vertical section on an enlarged scale on the line 6'6.of Fig. 1. .Fig. 7 is a partialsection on an enlarged scale of Fig.

2 on the line 7-7 thereof. Fig. 8 is a transverse section through Fig. 6 on the line 8-8 thereof. Figs. 9 and 10 are detail perspective views on enlarged scales, showing the means for connecting the several units comprising the operating bar and the power shaft, respectively. In that embodiment of our invention illustrated in the drawings, the power table con-. 7 4 sistsof a plurality of sections or units, as

shown, three in number, each'section or unit consisting of a separate table which is complete in itself except for the motor, and which is provided with several different utenwith a driving'shaft, and means for 0peratively connecting the driving shaft to .the said utensils. To one of said units is attached a motor which is geared to the driving shaft carried by said unit. The several units are constructed ,so that they may be readily connected together to make a rigid table of the length ofall of said units together. k

-A, A A indicate the several unit sections of the table, A being the power section. The "Tseveral 'unit sections of the table comprise each a top and supporting legs and preferi ably an under shelf toholdutensils when they are not in use. V Looking now particularly at the power table, A, it comprises a top a, and vertical supporting legs B, preferably made of metal tubes and braced longitudinally by means of tubular bars I) which also serve as a support for theshelf C. The shelf C and the top a'areof equal length and'project longitudinally beyond the legs B so that their end margins terminate in the same vertical plane.

D indicates an electric motor and d, a power shaft arranged horizontally above the table top a and supported in suitable standards E, E'located at each end of the table unit. The shaft d is rotated by means of a worm gearing e.

F indicates a switch operating bar which is slidably'mounted in eyes 'f formed upon the upper end of the standard E. v

G is a switchoff he socket type by means of which the motor D may circuit with a suitable source .of electric supply (not shown) and g is a switch plug carried .at the end of the bar F and adapted to engage in said switch socket.

To the top of the table are detachably secured several utensils,'for example, a breadmixer H, a coffee-mill I, and a meat-grinder. or cutter J, each of said utensils being opbe thrown into erated by means of sprocket wheels It, 2', j,

clutch teeth k at. the margins ofsaid flange,

and an annular recess about the shaft d to receive a ring In. Said ring is rigidlyconnected to the power shaft and it, together with a ring 70 which abuts against theend of a hub K and which is also pinned to the shaft, retains said sprocket. wheel in posiwheel.

L indicates a clutch member feathered to the shaft 03 adjacent to the sprocket wheel K, and provided with clutch teeth Z adapted to be brought into engagement with the clutch teeth is on the hub K Said clutch is operated by means ofa vertically swinging lever M which is hinged by means of a suitable lug m to the top of the table, and which is provided near its middle with a loop M embracing said clutch member and having inwardly projecting pins m which engage in an annular groove L formed in the guter surface of the clutch L. It will -be seen from this description that the clutch member rotates continuously with the power shaft and that the driving sprocket wheel K may be rigidly connected with the power shaft by means of said clutch member which is thrown. into clutch engagement therewith, by the lever M. The lower end of the lever M is provided with a heel m to limit the throw of the lever away from the sprocket A lever, its clutch member, and a driving sprocket wheel are provided opposite each utensil with the driving sprocket wheel in line with the sprocket wheel. which operates such utensil.

In, Fig. 6 the lever M on the right hand of the figure is shown in that position in which its clutch member is in engagement with the adjacent sprocket wheel, while the lever at the left is shown in the position in which it is disengaged. Adjacent each lever there is secured to the bar F apin N. When the bar F is in its retracted position and the various clutch members are disengaged, each of said pins are in engagement with their respective levers, so that the shifting of any lever will not only bring its clutch member into engagement to rigidly connect the corresponding sprocket wheel with the power shaft, but the operation of said lever will also shift.- the rod F to bring the plug 9 at the end of said rod, into engagement with. the socket switch G, thereby starting the motor. When several of.- the utensils are in operation at the same time their particular clutches may be thrown out individually, or if desired, all the clutches may be thrown out at once' and the motor stopped by shifting the bar F to the left, which may be done by means of a handle or grip O secured to said bar.

The units A A are all constructed and arranged like the unit just described, like letters of reference indicating like parts, with the superscript number changed to correspond to that of the particular unit in which it is found.

We will now pass to the particular description of the means by which the several units are attached together. The left end of the power shaft and of the bar F are provided with rectangular ends which terminate in the same plane as the end of the top a and the shelf G.

7 F, d indicate couplings which are preferably permanently secured, respectively, to the bar F and power shaft d of the ad jacent unit section, so that when the two unit sections are moved together the ends of the bar F and the shaft d will slip into said couplings and the bar sections F, F and the shaft sections at, 03 thus make rigid. connection when the unit sections of the table are secured together. Afly-boltf connects the coupling f to the bar F, so that the longitudinal movement'of one bar will be communicated to the other.

Any suitablemeans may be used for locking the sections of the table together. As illustrated herein, the left end of the unit A is provided with socket membersP secured to the undersides of the top a, and of the shelf C, while the adjacent section is provided with similarly located tongues 29 which are adapted to engage within said sockets. For holding the table units in longitudinal relation, we provide an ordinary swinging hook Q pivotally connected to the underside of the right hand end of the shelf 0 and a headed screw g similarly located near the adjacent end of the shelf G and adapted to be engaged by the hook. The advantages of the unit construction are readily apparent fromthe description. The housewife may buy the power section of the table first, which is provided with the more generally used untensils; later, as she can afford it, she may acquire other unit sections containing other utensils which may be connected to the first unit with little or no trouble and in a short space of time. When connected together, the several units form a rigid table and the sections of the power shaft and ofthe operating bar constitute continuous members, and act as if formed integrally.

The several utensils are detachably secured to the table top a as follows :At one side, preferably the side toward the power shaft, of the utensil,- near the bottom, is secured an angular clip 1' (see Fig. 4) with its vertical leg against the body of. the

utensil and its horizontal leg provided with desired to detach the utensil from the table, the fly-nut R is loosened, and the body'of the utensil swung about to release the bolt R from its engagement with the notch R, whereupon the clip 1" may be withdrawn from the bolt 1' and the utensil removed from the table top.

It will be apparent that:by removing the several utensils from the top of the table and placing them on the shelf C, the power table may be used as an ordinary kitchen table, or, by removing one or more of said utensils, part of the table may be used as a kitchen table while the rest is being used as a power table. This is of great value in economizing floor space, which is of the highest importance in the modern kitchen where floor space is diminishing rather than increasing.

We claim as our invention I 1. A power table for kitchen utensils embracing a table, a power shaft supported. on said table, an electric motor adapted to rotate said shaft, a driving member loosely mounted on said shaft and having fixed longitudinal relation thereon to a driven member, a clutch member feathered to said shaft adjacent said driving member, means for moving said clutch member into and out of operative engagement with said driving member, and a switch adapted to throw said motor in circuit with a source of current supply, said switch including a movable member adapted 'to be operated by said clutch operating means when the clutch is thrown into engagement with said driving member.

2. A power table for kitchen utensils em-- bracing a table, a power shaft supported on said table, an electric motor'adapted to rotate said shaft, a driving member loosely mounted on said shaft and having fixed longitudinal relation thereon to a driven member, a clutch member feathered tosaid shaft adjacent said driving member, avertic'ally swinging lever hinged to said table and operatively connected with said clutch member, a socket switch adapted to throw said motor in circuit with a source of current supply, a reciprocable member or bar supported above said table, a switch plug carried by said reciprocable bar, and a pin carried by said bar adapted to be engaged by said vertically swinging lever whenwsaid lever is swung to throw said clutch member into engagement with said driving member.

3. -A power table for kitchen utensils embracing a table, a power' shaft sup-ported. above said table, an'electricmotor adapted to rotate said shaft, a plurality of kitchen utensils secured to said table, each providedwith a driven member adapted to operate said utensil, driving members loosely mount- 7 ed on said shaft, each having fixed longitudinal relation thereon with respect to the driven member of one of said utensils, a clutch member feathered, to said shaft adjacent each of said driving members, verti-,

cally swinging levers hinged. to saidtable constructed to operate said clutch members,

a socket switch supported above said table.

adapted to throw said motor into circuit with a source of current supply, a reciproeating bar supported above said table, a switch plug carried by said bar, and pins located on said bar, one for each vertically swinging lever, adapted to be engaged by said levers when they are thrown to bring said clutch members, into engagement with their respective driving members.

4. A power table for kitchen utensils comrisin a series of table sections and a ower a sectional switch operating shaft section,

kitchen utensils member, and one or more carried by each table section, means for detachably connecting said table, power shaft and switch operating member sections, a motor secured to one of said table sections adapted to rotate the power shaft section carried by said table section, a switch carried by said table section, and mechanism carried by said table sections adapted to operatively connect to said power shaft any one of the'utensils carried by said table sections.

5. A power table for kitchen utensils comprising a series member, and one or more kitchen utensils carried by each table section, means for detachably connecting said table, power shaft and switch operating member sections, a motor secured to one of said table sections adapted to rotate the power shaft section carried by said table section, a switch carried by said table section, mechanism carried by said table sections adapted to operatively connect to said power shaft any one of the utensils carried by said table sections, and means adapted to automatically throw said switch operating. member when any one of said utensils is operatively connected to its respective power shaft section.

6. A power table for kitchen utensils comprising a series of table sections and a power shaft section, a sectional switch operatlng member, and one or more kitchen utensils carried by each table section means for detachably connecting said table, power shaft and switch operating member sections, an electric motorsecured to one of said table sections adapted to operate the power shaft carried by said table section, a socket switch carried by said table section, a switch plug secured to the sectional switch operating bar of said table section, driving members, one for each utensil, loosely mounted on said power shaft sections in fixed longitudinal relation thereon to the utensil driven by it, clutch members feathered to said power of table sections and a power shaft section, a sectional switch operating shaft sections adjacent said driving mem-. In testimon that'we claim the foregoing 10 bers, levers hinged to said table-sections and as our inventlon we afiix our signatures in operatively connected to said clutch memthe presence of two witnesses, this 16th day bers, and means intermediate said levers and of April A. D. 1910.

said sectional switch bars whereby the JOHN H. GOEHST.

movement of any lever to operativelyconi RALPH G. CARPENTER. nect its clutch member to a driving member Witnesses: will throw said switch bar to operatively T. H. ALFREDS,

connect said switch plug and switch. Gnonon R. WILKINs. 

